Desc: A Severa: Directed by José Leitão de Barros. With Dina Teresa, António Luis Lopes, Antonio Lavradio, Ribeiro Lopes. The (too brief) life, the (ardent) loves and the (too early) death of Maria Severa Onofirana (1820-1846), better known as "A Severa", a beautiful gypsy who, besides being a prostitute, sang in the taverns of the Mouraria area in Lisbon, and is said to have created the "Fado" style.